NERITA. 



Species 82. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Nerita Yoldii. Ner. testa, sendglobom, depresdusadd, 

 cTMsd, spird obtuse pland, anfractibiis juxta splrani 

 deelivibus, obtuse obscure liratis, apertiird expansd, 

 labro effuso, intus incrassato, columella obsolete corru- 

 ffutd et granulatd, minute denticulatd ; nigra, macuUs 

 flammisqtie angulato-flexnosis notatd. 



YoLDi's Nerite. Shell semiglobose, rather depressed, 

 thick, spire obtusely flattened, whorls slanting next 

 the spire, obtusely faintly ridged, aperture expanded, 

 lip effused, thickened within, columeUa obsoletely 

 wrinkled and granulated, minutely toothed ; black, 

 marked with zigzag spots and flames. 



Recluz, Revue Zool. Soc. Cuvierienue, 1841, p. 1.51. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



A thickened obtusely expanded species, distinguished 



!)y a characteristic zigzag style of marking on an intensely 



Species 83. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Nekita pellis-sekpentis. Ner. testa ovato-tarhhiatd, 

 spird exsertd, rmicronatd, anfractibus rotundatis, uii- 

 dique dense liratis, aperturd pared, columelld obscure 

 dentatd ; albidd, pnnctis ntfis dense promiscue tessel- 

 lata. 

 The snake-skin Nerite. Shell ovately turbinated, 

 spire cxserted, pointed, whorls rounded, closely 

 ridged throughout, apertm-e small, columella ob- 

 scurely toothed ; whitish, thickly promiscuously tes- 

 sellated with red dots. 



Hab. ? 



A small contractedly turbinated species, densely pro- 

 miscuously tessellated with red dots. 



spiraUtcr liiieari-lira/is, angustis, gradatim latioribus, 

 aperturd niiiiililrr i-.i-pmisd, columelld plano-excavatd, 

 medio graniiliifo-c(irriig(itd, edentuld ; purpurascente- 

 rosed, lineis fasciisque nigris albipunctatis cingulatd, 

 columelld dilute aurantid, rugis nigrescentibus. 



The open Nerite. Shell depressly semiglobose, more 

 or less hlated, spire minute, impressed, whorls spi- 

 rally linearly ridged, naiTow, gradually broader, aper- 

 ture largely expanded, columella flatly excavated, 

 granularly wrinkled in the middle, edentulate; pur- 

 ple-rose, encircled with black lines and bands white- 

 dotted, columella faintly tinged with orauge, wrinkles 

 black. 



Recluz, Eevue Zool. Soc. Cuvierieune, 1841, p. 148. 



Uub. Dumaguete, Island of Negros, Philippines; Cuming. 

 \. Light CVe/)/V«/a-shaped species, prettily painted with 



white-dotted lines and bands upon a purple-rose gi-ound. 



Species 84. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Nerita patula. Ner. testa depresso-semiglobosd, plus 

 minus dilatatd, spird minutd, impressd, anfractibus 



Species 85. (Fig. a, b, c, d, JIus. Cuming.) 

 Nerita Beaniana. Ner. testa depresso-ovatd, spird im- 

 presso-planatd, anfractibus augusiis, lavibus vel spira- 

 liter lineari-liratis, aperturd expansd, columelld con- 

 cavo-excavatd, tenue corrugatd ; cmruleo-'nigrd,fasciis 

 roseis punctisque albis cingulatd, interdunt lineis albis, 

 rugis colmnellaribus nigrescentibus. 

 Bean's Nerite. Shell depressly ovate, spire impressly 

 flattened, whorls narrow, smooth or spirally linearly 

 ridged, aperture expanded, columella concavely ex- 

 cavated, finely wrinkled ; blue-black, sometimes en- 

 circled with rose bands and white dots, sometimes 

 with white lines, columellar wrinkles black. 

 Recluz, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 200. 

 Hab. Island of Comgidor, Philippines (under stones at 

 low water) ; Cuming. 

 Allied to the preceding species, but narrower, and with 

 the aperture less dilated. The fine black wrinkles on the 

 columellar area are particularly characteristic. 



August, 1835. 



